Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Mombasa, 1922

Ivory traders load their cargo at the port of Mombasa, Kenya in 1922. Could they know of the horrific rites practiced at the Mountain of the Black Wind? Click through for the full sized image.

This is another of the background photos I put together for a group tackling Chaosium's "Masks of Nyarlathotep". Yes, the third man in the photo does look strange. The missing portion of his torso on the left side is either a trick of the light or the result of a bad retouching job in the original photo.

3 comments:

Looks normal to me, too. I think the effect you're talking about is from the shadow of the tusk going down the right side of his robe (on our left) -- the shade blends into the wall behind him, so you're seeing "part of his torso disappear"....

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Propnomicon focuses on horror and fantasy props of interest to fans of H. P. Lovecraft and players of the "Call of Cthulhu" role playing game. That includes items directly inspired by Lovecraft's writing, DIY information for creating your own works, printable paper props, and source materials related to the 1920's and 30's, the "classic era" of the Cthulhu Mythos. Beyond that, the proprietor of the blog also enjoys pulp action stories, classic supernatural horror, mad science, and the occasional foray into more modern interpretations of the Mythos.